City of Yonkers Breaks Ground on Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community School
Justice School to Be First of Three New Community Schools Planned to Rebuild Yonkers Schools First New Yonkers Public School to be Constructed in 20 Years YONKERS, NY — March 25, 2022 — Yonkers Mayor Mike [...]
The Next Step
Last year, with the overwhelming support of our community, Yonkers was successful in its first step in rebuilding Yonkers Public Schools. Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature approved and signed legislation enabling the [...]
New York State Legislature Passes Yonkers School Construction Act, Funding The Building of Three New Yonkers Public Schools
YONKERS, NY – June 22, 2017 – Just a year after Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano launched the Rebuild Yonkers Schools campaign, the New York State Legislature has passed the Yonkers School Construction Act, which will provide [...]
Figure out financing to rebuild Yonkers schools: Editorial
Yonkers' School 5 opened in 1884, the year when "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was first published and the cornerstone was laid for the Statue of Liberty. It's no wonder then that a standpipe burst [...]
Yonkers school reconstruction bill gets Cuomo’s OK
ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Friday that allows Yonkers to create a new authority to oversee its $2 billion reconstruction of the city schools. The state Legislature approved the bill in the waning days of the [...]
Spano goes to Albany for schools rebuilding plan
This is the latest installment in our ongoing coverage of Yonkers' troubled school system. Mike Spano rolls deep. Spano crowds into McGeary’s Irish Pub in Albany as he does most everything — surrounded by a crew [...]